Archive } May, 2008

Pick, Pick, Reject

27. May 2008

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With the summer months fast approaching, the last thing I want to do is spend more time staring at my monitor. Every tip and technique that enables me to speed up my workflow, give me some control over my free time, and still maintain a maniacal hold on image quality is a sweet deal in [...]

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Lightroom Preset – Infra Ready

19. May 2008

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This past weekend, I was shuffling through one of my boxes of negatives and I came across a big batch of infrared images shot between 1998 and 2003. I was nuts for this stuff! So naturally I unleashed Lightroom to provide the mimicry … and the X=INFRA+READY preset was born! |Brandon Oelling x=photography+consulting – image+workflow+technology+business

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Page Down, Page Down, Page Down

15. May 2008

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While preparing a series of images for print on a high resolution printer (Fuji Frontier 590 to be exact), I found myself obsessing about removing any residual sensor noise or image imperfections from my collection. Normally, I’m pushing images to 72ppi for proofing on the web, which will often downsample out any irritable noise, dust, [...]

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Lazy Man’s Auto-sync

8. May 2008

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While processing another massive batch of images, I boasted with pride to my team how Auto Sync is streamlining my workflow. All the while, I flicked my Alt, Ctrl, and Command keys like Beethoven as I waxed prophetic on my mastery of all things quick and tricky. Then I noticed her. She had been my [...]

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Lightroom Preset – TMax 3200

2. May 2008

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I have a Nikon D80 I use as my everyday camera, and at anything over ISO400 it gets quite noisy. Rather than throw Noise Ninja at it, I decided to embrace the noise – and build a preset to mimic one of my favorite types of film – Kodak Tmax 3200. One thing to keep [...]

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Alt-ered States

1. May 2008

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Continuing on with my exploration of time-saving keyboard tricks, I have become a huge fan of using the {Alt} key (mac or PC) to quickly access two functions I use daily: Tone Control and Export as Catalog. During my first pass on a large job in the Library module, I not only rate images and [...]

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